FRIDAY - A quiet day at sea. There was another "crossing the equator" ceremony. What a difference the Captain makes! The Captain and several of his upper staff all took part and jumped into the pool during the southern crossing. This time the top staff member taking part was the Entertainment Director. We haven't even seen and seldom heard from this Captain and he's been on board for over 2 weeks.
PUNTARENAS - Pop. 14,000. Currency - Costa Rican Colon but US $ widely accepted. Costa Rica was the first Central American country to export coffee and bananas.
Puntarenas has a collection of businesses, primarily for the locals. All the tours were long as the port is quite a distance from the rain forests, volcanoes, coffee plantations and the capital city of San Jose. We chose to walk down the pier and go to the beach. It was not as clean a beach as we're used to and it was mostly locals. There was the usual setup of tents with souvenirs.
Holland America Westerdam was moored next to us. It's about the same size as the Island Princess and is on a 15 day cruise from San Diego through the Panama Canal to Ft. Lauderdale.
Again, no pictures as we saw nothing remarkable and it will be dark as we sail away.
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